Erronea cylindrica Cylindrical Cowry

Erronea cylindrica is commonly referred to as Cylindrical Cowry. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

18039 

AphiaID:

529730 

Scientific:

Erronea cylindrica 

German:

Zylinder Kauri 

English:

Cylindrical Cowry 

Category:

Snegler 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Erronea (Genus) > cylindrica (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Born, ), 1778 

Occurrence:

Cebu ((Philippines), China, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Guam, Indian Ocean, Madagascar, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Edges of reefs, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.39" - 1.57" (1,5cm - 4,7cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Coral polyps = corallivorous, Crustaceans, omnivore, Predatory, Sponges 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Erronea adusta
• Erronea angioyorum
• 
  Erronea caurica
  Kaurischnecke
• 
  Erronea cylindrica
  Zylinder Kauri
• 
  Erronea errones
  Wandernde-Kauri
• Erronea fernandoi
• Erronea nymphae
• 
  Erronea onyx
  Onyx-Kauri
• Erronea ovum
• Erronea pallida
• Erronea pyriformis
• Erronea rabaulensis
• Erronea subviridis
• Erronea vredenburgi
• Erronea xanthodon
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Erronea melanesiae
  Melanesische Kauri

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-01-10 16:43:04 

Last edit:

2026-01-10 17:09:21 

Info

Pictures

Commonly

Husbandry know-how of owners